'Courser' definitions:
Definition of 'courser'
(from WordNet)
noun
A huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
noun
Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle [syn: charger, courser]
noun
A dog trained for coursing
noun
Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
Definition of 'Courser'
From: GCIDE
- Courser \Cours"er\ (k?rs"?r), n. [F. coursier.]
- 1. One who courses or hunts. [1913 Webster]
- leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. --Hanmer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A grallatorial bird of Europe {(Cursorius cursor)}, remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'courser'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antelope,
- arrow,
- beater,
- big game hunter,
- blue darter,
- blue streak,
- brood mare,
- cannonball,
- charger,
- colt,
- critter,
- dart,
- dobbin,
- eagle,
- electricity,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- equine,
- express train,
- filly,
- flash,
- foal,
- gazelle,
- gelding,
- greased lightning,
- greyhound,
- hare,
- horse,
- Houyhnhnm,
- hunter,
- huntress,
- huntsman,
- jacker,
- jacklighter,
- jet plane,
- light,
- lightning,
- mare,
- mercury,
- mount,
- nag,
- Nimrod,
- prancer,
- quicksilver,
- rocket,
- scared rabbit,
- shikari,
- shot,
- sportsman,
- sportswoman,
- stalker,
- stallion,
- steed,
- streak,
- streak of lightning,
- striped snake,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- swallow,
- tarpan,
- thought,
- thunderbolt,
- top horse,
- torrent,
- trapper,
- trooper,
- war-horse,
- white hunter,
- wild horse,
- wind